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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) October 19, 1958.
(b) April 19, 1957.
(c) December 5, 1955.
(d) November 29, 1959.

2. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) October 1, 1955.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) October 1, 1965.
(d) December 1, 1965.

3. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., attend school to obtain his Bachelor of Divinity degree?
(a) Southern Baptist Seminary.
(b) Fuller Theological Seminary.
(c) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
(d) Crozer Theological Seminary.

4. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?
(a) MIA.
(b) NAACP.
(c) YMCA and YWCA.
(d) NUL.

5. Where did Dr. King move days after his thirty-first birthday?
(a) Newnan, Georgia.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(d) Mobile, Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?

2. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?

3. What did the civil rights bill, signed on September 9, 1957, establish?

4. How many student demonstrators were arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 27, 1960?

5. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

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